Last night, I caught a documentary about the late actor and monologist Spalding Gray. It reminded me how much I adored him – that is, as much as you can adore someone you’ve never met and don’t know in any intimate way. Watching Spald…
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Guest segment on The Astrology Show with Jessica Adams
If you haven’t discovered Jessica Adams’ free podcast The Astrology Show, you’re missing a treat. Each month, Jessica and co-hosts Adam Smith and Neil Spencer serve up “outer space for your inner ear,” covering a lively ra…
December 21 Eclipse for Your Sign: Libra-Pisces
Not only is the December 21 lunar eclipse at 29 Gemini ruled by Mercury retrograde, but the chart for the eclipse sports a flamboyant square from the Sun and Moon to Jupiter and Uranus in Pisces. What does this mean for your sign? Today, Libra – Pisces…
December 21 Eclipse for Your Sign: Aries-Virgo
The December 21 lunar eclipse at 29 Gemini is not only ruled by Mercury retrograde, but the chart for the eclipse sports a flamboyant square from the Sun and Moon to Jupiter and Uranus in Pisces. What does this mean for your sign? Today, Aries – Virgo….
Mercury retrograde, Pluto, and the darker woods
mercury rx darker woodsOn Friday, Mercury turns retrograde at 5.58 Capricorn. The Sabian Symbol for 6 Capricorn is, I think, a beautiful and exciting one: “Ten logs lie under an archway leading to darker woods.” The logs can be the things that are …
Previewing the December 21 lunar eclipse: Sleight of Hand
READ AN EXPANDED ESSAY BASED ON THIS BLOG POST HERE! Sometimes, momentous events happen without our knowing it; only in hindsight does everything seems clear, even preordained. This is often the case with eclipses. We wait with bated breath for somet…
Astrology and Your 2011 Wedding
I’ve been choosing wedding dates for couples for more than a decade now, and each year it gets both easier and more difficult. Easier, because I know what I’m looking for and have figured out how to find it quickly. But more difficult becau…
Marketing and astrology are not mutually exclusive
I’ve packaged a cleaned-up version (I edited out most of the dirty words) of my recent lecture on using your birth chart to market yourself along with a little workbook I designed to help you wring every drop of astrological goodness from it. Y…
Today’s Aspect-palooza: Four Seasons in One Day
Astrologically, things have been relatively quiet since the New Moon. That ends today, with a veritable bonanza of astro-activity. To wit: While you slept, the Sun squared Neptune. Jupiter and Venus both turn direct. Jupiter has been retrograde since J…
Solar astrology this week: preparing to fly
The Sun is winding down its annual tour of Scorpio’s turgid bayou country, headed for the clear, open skies of Sagittarius (arriving on November 22). But as it paddles for the surface, the Sun makes aspects this week to three planetary giants: Ju…